For Nature Lovers
A Rocky Roquemore-designed layout, Quinta do Peru golf course is located 30 min drive from Lisbon, in the Azeitão region between the castles of Sesimbra and Setubal, which is well known for its palaces, wines and cheeses. With the Arrabida mountains as its backdrop, the Quinta do Peru Golf Course, near Lisbon, Portugal, rated in the top 100 courses by Golf World magazine (2014), offers amateurs a pleasant game, whilst also presenting a challenge for professionals.
The Quinta do Peru golf course, part of Orizonte Lisbon golf group, is currently ranked 17th in Portugal on the renowned Top 100 Golf Courses website.
Bunkers, big greens & golf pleasure
With its many trees and wild flowers, the Quinta do Peru Golf Course parkland layout provides a good test with astute bunkering, true-roling and quick greens. Amongst the first nine holes of Quinta do Peru Golf Course, attention is drawn to the short 8th hole, with a lake in front of its green.
The next nine holes of Quinta do Peru golf course, near Lisbon, are even more difficult. Take for example hole number 12, a Par 4 that, despite not being very long, has a lake running beside the fairway down to the green. Then comes, what is probably the most difficult test on the course, hole 16, a Par 3 of 178 metres, where one needs to get over a lake to reach the green.
